- palm
- noun1 flat part of the front of your handADJECTIVE▪ soft▪ sweaty▪ warm▪ flat, open▪ upturned▪ outstretched▪ left, rightVERB + PALM▪ hold up, raise▪
He held up a palm for silence.
▪ extend▪ open, spread▪He spread his palms in a gesture of openness.
▪ cup▪He cupped his empty palms together.
▪ lay, place, put, rest▪He went over to the wall and placed his palm on it.
▪ press▪I pressed my palm to the wound to stop the bleeding.
▪ slam, slap▪She slapped her palm against the desk in anger.
▪ rub, wipe▪He rubbed his palms against his jeans.
▪ run▪He ran his palm up and down Holly's shoulder.
▪ read▪She read people's palms and told fortunes.
PALM + VERB▪ sweat▪ face▪Hold out your arms with your palms facing down.
▪ rest▪His right palm was resting against my neck.
PALM + NOUN▪ reader, reading▪ printPREPOSITION▪ against your palms▪The metal felt hot against my palms.
▪ between your palms▪He took her hand between his palms and squeezed it.
▪ in your palm▪He showed me the coins in his palm.
2 treeADJECTIVE▪ coconut, date, oil▪ fan▪ pottedPALM + NOUN▪ tree▪ branch, frond, kernel, leaf▪ grove▪ fruit, oil▪ wine
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
